Portable monitoring system transport case

ABSTRACT

A portable transport system for containing and transporting monitoring system components includes a case for enclosing the monitoring system components. At least two wheels are located on the case. A collapsible monitoring component assembly for supporting the monitoring system components that telescopes between a collapsed position, wherein the collapsible monitoring component assembly is substantially contained within the case and an open position. A handle assembly is associated with the collapsible monitoring component assembly for moving the collapsible monitoring component assembly between the collapsed position and the open position. The handle assemble further acts as a pull handle for moving the portable transport system on the at least two wheels.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.16/355,235, filed on Mar. 15, 2019, entitled PORTABLE MONITORING SYSTEMTRANSPORT CASE, will issue as U.S. patent application Ser. No.10,588,709 on Mar. 17, 2020 (Atty. Dkt. No. TNGL60-34537), which is acontinuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/730,496, filed onOct. 11, 2017, entitled PORTABLE MONITORING SYSTEM TRANSPORT CASE,issued on Mar. 19, 2019, as U.S. Pat. No. 10,231,795 (Atty. Dkt. No.TNGL60-33668), which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to portable, transportable monitoringsystems, and more particularly, to a carrying case system for containinga portable monitoring system.

BACKGROUND

Monitoring systems in a large variety of technical areas include avariety of electronic equipment for testing, monitoring, checkingvarious statuses and current states of a variety of parameters. In manysituations, the monitoring systems comprise large equipment that islocated at a particular site and the item or person to be monitored isbrought to the site for testing and monitoring. However, due toinability or inconvenience of moving some test items/subjects to acentralized testing location, there has arisen the need for portablemonitoring systems that allow the monitoring devices to be transportedto a remote location to enable monitoring of a test items/subjects. Themonitoring system may be utilized for testing a variety ofitems/subjects such as electronic device testing, medical testing,automobile testing, computer system testing, etc. The monitoring systemsoften require a number of monitoring components in order to perform anappropriate test analysis. This requires transporting the monitoringcomponents to the remote location to perform the necessary tests.Independently moving each of the monitoring components to a remotelocation is a time and labor intensive process. Thus, there is a needfor providing a manner for easily transporting monitoring components toa remote location for performing testing operations.

SUMMARY

The present invention, as disclosed and described herein, in one aspectthereof, comprises a portable transport system for containing andtransporting monitoring system components includes a case for enclosingthe monitoring system components. At least two wheels are located on thecase. A collapsible monitoring component assembly for supporting themonitoring system components that telescopes between a collapsedposition, wherein the collapsible monitoring component assembly issubstantially contained within the case and an open position. A handleassembly is associated with the collapsible monitoring componentassembly for moving the collapsible monitoring component assemblybetween the collapsed position and the open position. The handleassemble further acts as a pull handle for moving the portable transportsystem on the at least two wheels.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a more complete understanding, reference is now made to thefollowing description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingDrawings in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a monitoring system transportcase;

FIG. 2 illustrates a side view of a component support frame;

FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of the extendable support foot;

FIG. 4 illustrates a perspective view of the support sleeveconfiguration;

FIG. 5 illustrates a perspective view of the base exterior supportplate;

FIG. 6 illustrates a perspective view of the component support system ina collapsed configuration;

FIG. 7 illustrates a side view of the component support system in acollapsed configuration;

FIG. 8 illustrates one example of a monitoring component supportbracket; and

FIG. 9 illustrates an alternative embodiment wherein the system issupported by four caster wheels.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference numbers are usedherein to designate like elements throughout, the various views andembodiments of a portable monitoring system transport case areillustrated and described, and other possible embodiments are described.The figures are not necessarily drawn to scale, and in some instancesthe drawings have been exaggerated and/or simplified in places forillustrative purposes only. One of ordinary skill in the art willappreciate the many possible applications and variations based on thefollowing examples of possible embodiments.

FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of the portable monitoring systemtransport case 102. The case 102 includes a case shell 104 that enclosesall of the system components. The case shell 104 may be made of fabric,metal, plastic, etc. and appears to be a standard carrying case similarto existing luggage/briefcase systems. While the illustration of FIG. 1illustrates only the side panels 106 and bottom panel 108 of the caseshell 104, additional front, back and top panels also make up the caseshell 104 in order to substantially enclose components within the caseshell 102 for transport of the complete product.

Contained within the case shell 104 is a collapsible monitoringcomponent support frame 110. The monitoring component support frame 110is also illustrated in FIG. 2 with the case shell 104 completelyremoved. It should also be realized that in an alternative embodimentthe system may include only the monitoring component support frame 110without the case shell 102. The monitoring component support frame 110includes a collapsible desk assembly 112 and a collapsible monitoringcomponent assembly 114. The collapsible desk assembly 112 consists offirst and second telescoping members 116 that move between a collapsedposition for transport and an extended position for use of an associateddesk shelf 118. The collapsible desk assembly is similar to that of U.S.Pat. No. 7,946,609, which is incorporated herein by reference in itsentirety. The first and second telescoping members 116 may comprise twoor more tubes of progressively smaller sizes that telescope within oneanother as the members 116 are collapsed. A desk assembly support plate117 includes slots for receiving the first and second telescopingmembers 116 to support them and anchor the collapsible desk assembly 112to the case shell 104. The desk assembly support plate 117 maintains thefirst and second telescoping members 116 a fixed distance from eachother. A support bracket 119 is connected to the desk assembly supportplate 117 and extends outward from the sides thereof enabling the deskassembly support plate to be connected to the side panels 106 of thecase shell 104.

A handle 120 with an actuator button 122 allows the first and secondtelescoping members 116 to be raised and lowered between the collapsedposition and the extended position. The handle 120 is located inside ofthe case shell 104 in the collapsed position. The actuator button 122disengages a locking mechanism that automatically locks the first andsecond telescoping members 116 into the extended position when thehandle 120 is raised from the collapsed position. The locking mechanismautomatically engages when the first and second telescoping members 116are moved to the extended position. The locking mechanism in oneembodiment may comprise a spring loaded locking tab or detent thatinserts into an opening in the first and second telescoping members 116as the first and second telescoping members are raised to the extendedposition. The first and second telescoping members 116 may include oneor more intermediate extended positions between the collapsed positionand the extended position in which the first and second telescopingmembers 116 may be configured in a locked position. The actuator button122 on the handle 120 is also used for disengaging the locking mechanismfrom these intermediate extended positions.

The desk shelf 118 comprises a flat surface that may be pivoted to anopen position perpendicular to the first and second telescoping members116 from a collapsed position wherein the desk shelf 118 liessubstantially parallel to and against the first and second telescopingmembers 116. A desk handle 124 is located between the handle 120 and theend of the telescoping member 116 contained within support plate 117 andslidably engages the telescoping member 116 running through the deskhandle 124. The desk handle 124 enables a back edge 126 of the deskshelf 118 to be moved between a lowered position and a raised position.The desk handle 124 includes an actuator button 128 that disengages alocking mechanism that automatically locks the desk handle 124 in theraised position. The actuator button 128 when depressed enables the deskhandle 124 to be moved from the raised position to the lowered position.The locking mechanism may comprise in one embodiment a spring loaded tabor detent mechanism within the handle that is biased to insert within anopening within the first and second telescoping members 116 toautomatically lock the desk handle 124 in the raised position and toretract from the opening when the actuator button 128 is engagedenabling the desk handle to be lowered to the lowered position.

The back edge 126 of the desk shelf 118 is pivotally connected to thedesk handle 124 to enable the desk shelf 118 to pivot between the openposition perpendicular to the first and second telescoping members 116and the collapsed position parallel to the first and second telescopingmembers. When in the open position, the desk shelf 118 is held inposition by desk support member 130. The desk support member 130comprises a telescoping member having a first end 132 pivotallyconnected to a bottom side of the desk shelf 118 and a second end 134pivotally connected to the desk assembly support plate 117. In thecollapsed position, one or more tubular members of the desk supportmember 130 collapse within each other enabling the desk shelf 118 to lieperpendicular and next to the first and second telescoping members 116.In the open position, the desk support member 130 fully extends andlocks into the open position to support the desk shelf 118 perpendicularto the first and second telescoping members 116. A release lever 136enables the locking mechanism maintaining the desk support member 130 inthe locked open position to disengage and enable the desk shelf 118 tobe lowered to the collapsed position. The desk shelf 118 when in theopen position may be utilized as a writing surface, lap top desk orshelf for placing paperwork or other materials.

Referring now to FIG. 3, the transport case 102 is prevented fromtoppling due to weight placed on the desk shelf 118 by an extendablesupport foot 138. The extendable support foot 138 consists of a pair oftelescoping members 140 connected by support crossmember 142. A firstend of the telescoping members 140 are connected to the supportcrossmember 142 and a second end of the telescoping members are securedthrough a pair of tunnels 145 within a base support plate 144 into footsupport piece 146 located on the bottom panel 108 of the case shall 104.The exterior surface of the tunnels 145 along with feet 148 located onthe foot support piece 146 act as footings to support the transport case102 off of the floor when the case is in the upright position. Theextendable support foot 138 may move between a collapsed and an extendedposition by merely pulling on the support crossmember 142 to cause thepair of telescoping arms 140 to extend. Similarly, the extendablesupport foot 138 is returned to the collapsed position by pushing on thesupport member 142 to collapse the pair of telescoping arms 140 to thecollapsed position and store the support crossmember 142 substantiallyunder the case shell 104. When in the extended position, the supportcrossmember 142 acts as an extended foot support to prevent the supportcase 102 from toppling over when weight is placed upon the desk shelf118. When in the extended position, the extendable support foot 138 doesnot extend completely parallel to the to the bottom panel 108 of thecase shell 104. The extendable support foot 138 will extend at aslightly downward angle toward the ground. This enables the extendablesupport foot 138 to raise the wheels 166 off of the ground to provide amore stable platform for the desk and monitoring components.

Referring now back to FIG. 1, the telescoping monitoring componentassembly 114 consists of first and second telescoping members 148 thatmove between a collapsed position for transport and an extended positionfor use of associated monitoring components 151 (FIG. 2). The first andsecond telescoping members 148 may comprise two or more tubes ofprogressively smaller sizes that telescope within one another as themembers 148 are collapsed. A pair of support sleeves 150 extend upwardfrom the bottom panel 108 of the case shell 104 and receive and supportthe first and second telescoping members 148 to anchor the telescopingmonitoring component assembly 114 to the case shell 104. The pair ofsupport sleeves 150 maintain the first and second telescoping members148 a fixed distance from each other.

The support sleeves 150 and the monitoring component assembly 114 aresupported and attached to the case shell 104 as illustrated in FIG. 4. Apair of upper stabilizing brackets 402 secures each of the supportsleeves 150 to the desk assembly support plate 117. The upperstabilizing brackets 402 consists of a first portion 404 having a firstside securely affixed to the desk assembly support plate 117 anddefining on its opposite side a slot for receiving the support sleeve150. A second portion 406 also defines a slot for receiving the supportsleeve 150. When the second portion is removeable connected to the firstportion 404, using for example, screws, bolts or other type of securingmechanism, the support sleeve 152 is securely affixed therebetweenwithin the slots defined in each of the first portion 404 and secondportion 406 of the upper stabilizing bracket 402. Separate upperstabilizing brackets 402 are used to secure each of the support sleeves150 to the desk assembly support plate 117. Providing additional supportfrom the upper stabilizing brackets 402 is a support plate 408 that isintegrated with the second portion 406 of the upper stabilizing bracketand extends downwardly there from. The support plate 408 comprises arectangular plate and provides additional stabilizing forces to the sideof the support sleeve 150 opposite the desk assembly support plate 117.

Additional support to the support sleeves 150 are provided by baseinterior support plate 410. The base interior support plate 410 definesan opening for each of the first and second telescoping members of thetelescoping desk assembly 112 and the telescoping monitoring componentassembly 114 to extend therethrough and further defines an opening forgoing around the desk assembly support plate 117. The base interiorsupport plate 410 is secured to the bottom panel 108 of the case shell104 using bolts and screws or other type of securing mechanism to thebase exterior support plate 144 on the exterior side of the bottom panel108. Lower stabilizing brackets 412 are integrated with the baseinterior support plate 410 to provide further support to the supportsleeves 150. The lower stabilizing brackets 412 include a first portion414 that is securely affixed/integrated to the base interior supportplate 410. The first portion 414 defines a slot for receiving thesupport sleeve 150. A second portion 416 of the lower stabilizingbracket 412 is removably connected to the first portion 414 via screws,bolts or other type of securing mechanism. The second portion 416 alsodefines a slot therein for receiving the support sleeve 150. When thefirst portion 414 and the second portion 416 of the lower stabilizingbracket 412 are secured together they securely clamped the supportsleeves 150 within the slots between the first and second portions ofthe lower stabilizing brackets 412. The lower stabilizing brackets 412provide a means for securing the lower portions of the support sleeves150 to the base interior support plate 410.

Referring now to FIG. 5, there is more particularly illustrated the baseexterior support plate 144. As discussed previously with respect to FIG.3, the base exterior support plate 144 defines a pair of tunnels 145 forreceiving the telescoping arms 140 associated with the extendablesupport foot 138. A receiving channel 502 is defined for receiving thefoot support piece 146 that is secured to the base interior supportplate through holes 504 using screws or bolts. The base exterior supportmember 144 defines four different wells 506 for receiving the ends ofthe first and second telescoping members of the telescoping deskassembly 112 and the telescoping monitoring component assembly 114. Thewells 506 provide for support of the ends of the telescoping members andthe exterior surfaces of the wells 506 provide support feet for the baseof the transport case 102. The base exterior support plate 144 issecured to the base interior support plate 410 using screws or boltsthrough holes 504. This also secures the base exterior support plate 144and the base interior support plate 410 to the bottom panel 108 and thecase shell 104 by clamping the bottom panel between each of the baseexterior support plate and base interior support plate.

Referring now back to FIGS. 1 and 2, a handle 152 with an actuatorbutton 154 allows the first and second telescoping members 148 to beraised and lowered between the collapsed position and the extendedposition. The actuator button 154 disengages a locking mechanism thatlocks the first and second telescoping members 148 into the extendedposition when the handle 152 is raised from the collapsed position. Thelocking mechanism automatically engages when the first and secondtelescoping members 148 are moved to the extended position. The lockingmechanism in one embodiment may comprise a spring loaded locking tab ordetent that inserts into an opening in the first and second telescopingmembers 148 as the first and second telescoping members are raised tothe extended position. The first and second telescoping members 148 mayinclude one or more intermediate extended positions between thecollapsed position and the extended position in which the first andsecond telescoping members 148 may be configured in a locked position.The actuator button 154 on the handle 152 is also used for disengagingthe locking mechanism from these intermediate extended positions.

A component bracket handle 160 is located between the handle 152 and theends of the telescoping members 148 inserted into support sleeves 150and slidably engages the telescoping members 149 that are runningthrough the handle 160. The component bracket handle 160 may be movedbetween a collapsed position and an open position by sliding along thetelescoping members 148. The component bracket handle 160 includes anactuator button 162 that disengages a locking mechanism thatautomatically locks the component bracket handle 160 in the openposition. The actuator button 162 when depressed enables the componentbracket handle 124 to be moved from the raised position to the loweredposition. The locking mechanism may comprise in one embodiment a springloaded tab or detent mechanism within the handle that is biased toinsert within an opening within the first and second telescoping members148 to automatically lock the component bracket handle 160 in the raisedposition and to retract from the opening when the actuator button 162 isengaged enabling the component bracket handle to be lowered to thelowered position.

A component support bracket 170 may be mounted to the component brackethandle 160 to enable monitoring components to be connected to themonitoring component support frame 110 and moved between the raised andlowered positions. Thus, by raising the component bracket handle 160 tothe raised position, monitoring components connected to the componentsupport bracket 170 may be moved to a use position for carrying outmonitoring activities. Similarly, when the system is being transported,monitoring components are moved to a collapsed position and thecomponent bracket handle 160 can be lowered to the lowered position tostore monitoring components within the case shell 104. The componentbracket handle 160 would comprise the main load bearing component forthe component support bracket 170 that supports each of the monitoringcomponents 150 that are contained within the system. The componentsupport bracket 170 may comprise any configuration necessary to supportthe particular components 150 that are being utilized for monitoring aparticular situation. The component support bracket 170 may be changedto provide the capabilities necessary for a particular monitoring systemwithout changing the configuration of the monitoring component supportframe 110 described herein. Particular implementations of some aspectsof a component support bracket 170 will be more fully described hereinbelow.

In addition to providing for the raising and lowering of the telescopingdesk assembly 112 and the telescoping monitoring component assembly 114,the handles 120 and/or 152 may be moved to an extended position andwithout extending the desk shelf 118 or component bracket 170 may beused as a handle for pulling the transport case 102 as the entire caserolls on an associated set of wheels 166.

Referring now to FIGS. 6 and 7, there are illustrated a perspective viewof the system 102 with the device in a collapsed configuration (FIG. 6)and a side view of the system with the device in the collapsedconfiguration (FIG. 7). In the collapsed configuration the componentsupport bracket 170 is folded down to be relatively flush with themonitoring component assembly 114. The lowering handle 160 is lowered toa collapsed position and handle 152 is lowered to the collapsedposition. Similarly, the desk shelf 118 is lowered to a collapsedposition parallel and flush to the desk assembly 112 and the desk handle124 is lowered to the collapsed position along with handle 120. Thisallows both the desk assembly 112 and the monitoring component assembly114 to be closed within that the case shell 104 and associated closurezippers or fasteners may be secured to completely enclose and protectcomponents within the case shall 104. It should be noted that theillustration of FIG. 6 illustrates the case shall without the top frontand back panels for illustration purposes, but these components would bepresent and completely enclose the collapsed assemblies within aprotective case shell 104.

Referring now to FIG. 8, there is illustrated one example of thecomponent support bracket 170. In the example of FIG. 8, the componentsupport bracket 170 consists of a first support plate 802, secondsupport plate 804 and a third support plate 806. The second supportplate 804 is mounted directly to the component bracket handle 160. Thefirst support plate 802 is pivotally mounted to the second support plate804 through a pair of pivot arms 806. The pivot arms 806 have a firstend pivotally connected to the second support plate 804 and a second endpivotally connected to the first support plate 802. The third supportplate 802 is mounted to the second support plate 804 through aconnecting member 808. The support plates 802, 804 and 806 may supportany number of devices are components. In one embodiment, the firstsupport plate 802 may support a Microsoft® Pro Monitor, the secondsupport plate could support various monitoring and diagnostic tools suchas a stethoscope, thermometer, ultrasound device, camera, speaker, bloodpressure monitor or other monitoring component and the third supportplate 805 may support a Welch Allyn Monitor. A further example ofconfigurations of the support bracket and associated monitoringcomponents may be found in U.S. Provisional Application Nos. 62/488,048and 62/488,735 entitled PORTABLE MEDICAL STATION, filed on Apr. 20, 2017and Apr. 22, 2017, which are attached hereto in the appendix.

Referring now also to FIG. 9, there is illustrated an alternativeembodiment, wherein rather than an extendable support foot 138. Thebottom of the case shell 104 includes four completely rotatable casterwheels 902. The caster wheels 902 can rotate 360 degrees and completelysupport the case shell 104. The caster wheels 902 would also include alocking mechanism to lock the caster wheels in positon and prevent thecase shell from rolling around when the desk and monitoring componentsare deployed.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art having the benefit ofthis disclosure that this portable monitoring system transport caseprovides a system and method for transporting monitoring components in asmall transportable configuration that enables the monitoring devices tobe taken to remote locations. It should be understood that the drawingsand detailed description herein are to be regarded in an illustrativerather than a restrictive manner, and are not intended to be limiting tothe particular forms and examples disclosed. On the contrary, includedare any further modifications, changes, rearrangements, substitutions,alternatives, design choices, and embodiments apparent to those ofordinary skill in the art, without departing from the spirit and scopehereof, as defined by the following claims. Thus, it is intended thatthe following claims be interpreted to embrace all such furthermodifications, changes, rearrangements, substitutions, alternatives,design choices, and embodiments.

What is claimed is:
 1. A portable transport system for containing andtransporting monitoring system components, comprising: a case forenclosing the monitoring system components; at least two wheels locatedon the case; a collapsible monitoring component assembly that telescopesbetween a collapsed position wherein the collapsible monitoringcomponent assembly is substantially contained within the case and anopen position, the collapsible monitoring component assembly including acomponent bracket mounting handle for interfacing the monitoring systemcomponents with the collapsible monitoring component assembly, thecomponent bracket mounting handle for moving the monitoring systemcomponents between a raised position and a lowered position; and ahandle assembly associated with the collapsible monitoring componentassembly for moving the collapsible monitoring component assemblybetween the collapsed position and the open position, wherein the handleassemble further acts as a pull handle for moving the portable transportsystem on the at least two wheels.
 2. The portable transport system ofclaim 1, wherein collapsible monitoring component assembly comprises: apair of telescoping members having a first end connected to a base ofthe case that extend between the collapsed position and the openposition; and wherein the handle assembly is connected to a second endof the pair of telescoping members for moving the pair of telescopingmembers between the collapsed position and the open position.
 3. Theportable transport system of claim 1, wherein the handle assemblyfurther comprises: a locking mechanism for automatically locking thecollapsible monitoring component assembly into the open/collapsedposition when the collapsible monitoring component assembly is movedbetween the open position and the collapsed position; and a firstactuator button for disengaging the locking mechanism to enable thecollapsible monitoring component assembly to move between the openposition and the collapsed position.
 4. The portable transport system ofclaim 1, wherein the collapsible monitoring component assembly furthercomprises: a locking mechanism for automatically locking the componentbracket mounting handle into the raised/lowered position when thecomponent bracket mounting handle assembly is moved between the loweredposition and the raised position; and an actuator button located in thecomponent bracket mounting handle for disengaging the locking mechanismto enable the component bracket mounting handle to move between theraised position and the lowered position.
 5. The portable transportsystem of claim 1 further including a stabilizing foot comprising: apair of telescoping members having a first end connected to a bottompanel of the case; a support foot member connected to second ends of thepair of telescoping members; and wherein the support foot member movesbetween a closed position located substantially under the case and anopen position extending outward from the case.
 6. The portable transportsystem of claim 1 further including a stabilizing assembly that movesbetween a closed position and an open position extending outward fromthe case to stabilize the case and prevent the case from toppling overwhen the collapsible monitoring component assembly is in the openposition.
 7. The portable transport system of claim 1, wherein the atleast two wheels further comprises four castor wheels located on thebase of the case.
 8. A portable transport system for containing andtransporting monitoring system components, comprising: a case forenclosing the monitoring system components; at least two wheels locatedon the case; a collapsible monitoring component assembly for supportingthe monitoring system components that telescopes between a collapsedposition, wherein the collapsible monitoring component assembly issubstantially contained within the case and an open position; and ahandle assembly associated with the collapsible monitoring componentassembly for moving the collapsible monitoring component assemblybetween the collapsed position and the open position, wherein the handleassemble further acts as a pull handle for moving the portable transportsystem on the at least two wheels.
 9. The portable transport system ofclaim 8, wherein collapsible monitoring component assembly comprises: apair of telescoping members having a first end connected to a base ofthe case that extend between the collapsed position and the openposition; and wherein the handle assembly is connected to a second endof the pair of telescoping members for moving the pair of telescopingmembers between the collapsed position and the open position.
 10. Theportable transport system of claim 8, wherein the handle assemblyfurther comprises: a locking mechanism for automatically locking thecollapsible monitoring component assembly into the open/collapsedposition when the collapsible monitoring component assembly is movedbetween the open position and the collapsed position; and a firstactuator button for disengaging the locking mechanism to enable thecollapsible monitoring component assembly to move from the open positionto the collapsed position.
 11. The portable transport system of claim 8further including a stabilizing foot comprising: a pair of telescopingmembers having a first end connected to a bottom panel of the case; asupport foot member connected to second ends of the pair of telescopingmembers; and wherein the support foot member moves between a closedposition located substantially under the case and an open positionextending outward from the case.
 12. The portable transport system ofclaim 8 further including a stabilizing assembly that moves between aclosed position and an open position extending outward from the case tostabilize the case and prevent the case from toppling over when thecollapsible monitoring component assembly is in the open position. 13.The portable transport system of claim 8, wherein the at least twowheels further comprises four castor wheels located on the base of thecase.
 14. The portable transport system of claim 8, wherein thecollapsible monitoring component assembly further includes a componentbracket mounting handle for interfacing the monitoring system componentswith the collapsible monitoring component assembly, the componentbracket mounting handle for moving the monitoring system componentsbetween a raised position and a lowered position.
 15. The portabletransport system of claim 8, wherein the collapsible monitoringcomponent assembly further comprises: a locking mechanism forautomatically locking the component bracket mounting handle into theraised/lowered position when the component bracket mounting handleassembly is moved between the lowered position and the raised position;and an actuator button located in the component bracket mounting handlefor disengaging the locking mechanism to enable the component bracketmounting handle to move between the raised position and the loweredposition.
 16. A portable transport system for containing andtransporting monitoring system components, comprising: a case forenclosing the monitoring system components; at least two wheels locatedon the case; a collapsible monitoring component assembly that telescopesbetween a collapsed position wherein the collapsible monitoringcomponent assembly is substantially contained within the case and anopen position, the collapsible monitoring component assembly including acomponent bracket mounting handle for interfacing the monitoring systemcomponents with the collapsible monitoring component assembly, thecomponent bracket mounting handle for moving the monitoring systemcomponents between a raised position and a lowered position; a lockingmechanism for automatically locking the collapsible monitoring componentassembly into the open/collapsed position when the collapsiblemonitoring component assembly is moved between the open position and thecollapsed position; a first actuator button for disengaging the lockingmechanism to enable the collapsible monitoring component assembly tomove between the open position and the collapsed position; a handleassembly associated with the collapsible monitoring component assemblyfor moving the collapsible monitoring component assembly between thecollapsed position and the open position, wherein the handle assemblefurther acts as a pull handle for moving the portable transport systemon the at least two wheels; and a stabilizing assembly that movesbetween a closed position and an open position extending outward fromthe case to stabilize the case and prevent the case from toppling overwhen the collapsible monitoring component assembly is in the openposition.
 17. The portable transport system of claim 16, whereincollapsible monitoring component assembly comprises: a pair oftelescoping members having a first end connected to a base of the casethat extend between the collapsed position and the open position; andwherein the handle assembly is connected to a second end of the pair oftelescoping members for moving the pair of telescoping members betweenthe collapsed position and the open position.
 18. The portable transportsystem of claim 16, wherein the component bracket mounting handlefurther comprises: a second locking mechanism for automatically lockingthe component bracket mounting handle into the raised/lowered positionwhen the component bracket mounting handle assembly is moved between thelowered position and the raised position; and a second actuator buttonlocated in the component bracket mounting handle for disengaging thelocking mechanism to enable the component bracket mounting handle tomove between the raised position and the lowered position.
 19. Theportable transport system of claim 16, wherein the at least two wheelsfurther comprises four castor wheels located on the base of the case.